exocubic studio

"Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:47 -0700

“Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.”

- Paul Rand

Mandelbulb

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:55:05 -0700

Mandelbulb

Installed the Mockingbird Awnings (along with a whole truckload...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:18:00 -0700

Installed the Mockingbird Awnings (along with a whole truckload of other stuff) in Boerne, TX last weekend. Gumby chain support is going to be replaced with some handmade wrought iron.

Mockingbird Awning - Outside (via mark leichliter)

I never really >got< the Springsteen thing. But, holy...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:38 -0600

I never really >got< the Springsteen thing. But, holy shit, this is so good.

Springsteen - Thunder Road (via glammer)

"When you become a brand, you have to repeat yourself. It’s a condition of post-capitalism. Your..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:12:27 -0600

“When you become a brand, you have to repeat yourself. It’s a condition of post-capitalism. Your reputation forces you to repeat what people are expecting from you. And it is a kind of cannibalism of yourself, an autophagy*, where you promote yourself on the basis of your given self and never to try to change. If you change, you break the brand, because immediately the system says, ‘What? What are you doing? We are just commissioning you to be you, not to be something other than you.”

- Francois Roche, via

Marchi Made It, blog

Photo

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:05:09 -0600

Photo

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:26:12 -0600

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:12:09 -0600

“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”

- Winston Churchill

06.03.09 (via Corey Holms)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:53:46 -0600

06.03.09 (via Corey Holms)

"Any idiot can face a crisis. It is this day-to-day living that wears you out."

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:59:59 -0600

“Any idiot can face a crisis. It is this day-to-day living that wears you out.”

- Anton Chekov

HexVortex (via mark leichliter)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:30:53 -0600

HexVortex (via mark leichliter)

Ristra and Doofus - 3 (via mark leichliter) Finished the...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:19:46 -0600

Ristra and Doofus - 3 (via mark leichliter)

Finished the mouse-proof ristras for clients in Santa Fe. I like ‘em.

Beautiful city logos from Japan.

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:34:01 -0600

Beautiful city logos from Japan.

David Spriggs. All kinds of awesome. Be sure to spend some time...

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:50:16 -0600

David Spriggs. All kinds of awesome. Be sure to spend some time and notice the how of his work.

Website Rework

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:28:35 -0600

Website Rework:

Wanted to have a place for people to land that made it easier for them to figure out who the hell I am and what I do. Plus, I figured out how to consolidate all my Blogger posts into my Tumblr - which I like a lot better, if only for its better aesthetic sense.

Photo

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:45:00 -0600

"If you are searching for an application to solve a particular problem, first really take a hard look..."

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:38:00 -0600

“If you are searching for an application to solve a particular problem, first really take a hard look at where the problem really lives. It may be within. And that, my friends, no application can solve.”

- The Minimal Mac guy

"Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of..."

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:27:34 -0600

“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

- Albert Einstein

Ahhh... Thats more like it.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:02:00 -0600

My Workspace, originally uploaded by mark leichliter.

I finally got fed up with the fan noise, the clutter, and the general lack of wonderful that was my old desktop Windows system. Opted to indulge my inner minimalist and went for a 17” MacBook Pro. I really like this setup, plus I have a Bootcamped Windows XP partition that runs SolidWorks and Rhino beautifully. To top it off, I was able to sell the whole system to a friend in dire need of an upgrade - shiny, happy people and shiny, happy computers all around.

"The pop of a cork being pulled, the click of a ratchet, the ring of a Big Ben alarm clock, the laugh..."

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:13:00 -0600

“The pop of a cork being pulled, the click of a ratchet, the ring of a Big Ben alarm clock, the laugh of a two year-old, scissors cutting paper, the snap and crack of a Polaroid SX-70 camera, the crunch of frozen grass underfoot, the hum of a power transformer. The smell of three-in-one oil, of babies, of cedar, wet concrete, and coffee. The feel of memory foam, tanned leather, Bakelite and polished marble. The resilience of cork. The taste of saffron, warm ripe cantaloupe, and dark chocolate. These things inspire fierce, inventive originality.”

- Built NY - Manifesto